Graduation Speech :: Graduation Speech, Commencement Address

Betty Lou is right -- Our achievements of the departed four years start out been an honor. And so I offer my kudos to each of you for achieving the honor that comes with high school day graduation. Up to this point, high school whitethorn be the most exciting and difficult experience of our lives. Weve enjoyed the devil-may-care and happy times with WWF-style pep assemblies, dances, Junior T-P nights, and classes with fri revokes. Weve had our bad long time too, though. The days when we forgot our semester project for C.I. at home, or when we couldnt stop falling asleep and Mr. dwarf made us get up to open a window. exclusively far worse were the times when we felt alone. Weve all had days of individualised crisis when weve felt rejected by those around us or alienated from them. Hopefully, we were fortunate enough to have had a friend come saving us from isolation, but perhaps not.As senior year comes to an end and we walk a port from high school into a much larger and mo re complicated world, we should not leave our years at direct without reflecting on time spent here together and remembering what we have observed across the country, especially in the last year.There is surely no simple answer to the tragic events that have occurred at new(prenominal) high schools recently. We look at the tragedies of Jonesboro, Pearl, Fayetteville, Springfield, Edinboro, West Paducah, Moses Lake, Jacksonville, and Littleton and question the reason understructure the violence that occurred. While finding an answer may be impossible, it is legato wise for us to look for causes and most appropriate, to search for solutions.Many of the contribute factors are likely beyond our control and there is no way for us to prevent them. There are, however, plenty of little things that we do or can do that affect others more than we realize. For example, all of us should be quick to distinguish between what is friendly teasing and what teasing torments our peers. It may ha ve lost some significance, having been repeated so often on the news and in health classes, but it is important to treat others with respect. We neer know when we may cross the line and, though not import to, be a source of torment to someone else. We all learn to become more sensitive to what crosses the line when interacting with others. It is for our benefit, as well as others, that we do this.